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Tyler Thompson, Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, and Marcel Malanga, released from Congo prison and repatriated to US April 2025
April 9, 2025, 12:25 pm
Jewish American facing death sentence among three repatriated from Congo
Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson Jr, both 21, and 36-year-old Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun flew back to Andrews Airport in Washington DC on Tuesday
By Jenni Frazer
Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, Jobar, Damascus,
December 16, 2024, 1:14 pm
EXCLUSIVE: Syrian sefer Torah to be returned to synagogue
High-level delegation of Syrian Jewish leaders and chief rabbi to visit Damascus after fall of Assad
By Jenni Frazer
Zabolon Simantov, the last Afghan Jew, prays before eating in his room in the same building as synagogue, where he lived and called "home", Kabul, Afghanistan
November 12, 2024, 11:50 am
SPECIAL REPORT: Afghanistan’s ‘last Jew’ finally makes it to Israel
When the Taliban took over in 2021, Zebulon Simantov insisted he had “protected” status as the last Jew, but the threats he faced became too much for him to stay
By Jenni Frazer
April 4, 2024, 10:30 am
REVEALED: The Gaza aid plan that could have prevented tragedy
Proposal seen by Jewish News had IDF’s backing but Netanyahu’s office said: ‘What’s the rush?’
By Jenni Frazer
Foreign Minister of Israel Eli Cohen speaks while holding photos of kidnapped Israelis during the SC meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN Headquarters in New York on October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023, 8:47 pm
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Plan to release ALL HOSTAGES in exchange for free passage for Gaza’s Hamas leaders
Jewish News can reveal an extraordinary two-stage deal is in the works, negotiated between Hamas in Qatar, an American negotiator via the White House and Israel, that would see the release of hostages in exchange for increased aid into Gaza and safe passage for Hamas leaders in the Strip and their families
By Jenni Frazer
Pic: JN
October 23, 2023, 11:37 am
‘Humanitarian taxi service” rescues Palestinian American from Ramallah
Following the outbreak of war, 23-year-old student Tamer was trapped on the West Bank. Moti Kahana's rescue extraction company came to get him.
By Jenni Frazer
Plan B backer Moti Kahana, who moved to the US in 1991
December 23, 2022, 11:59 am
We’re leaving! Israel facing new exodus amid far-right government concerns
Adherents of what has become known as “Plan B” — the answer to a perceived collapse of Israeli democracy — include the Israeli-American philanthropist and businessman Moti Kahana.
By Jenni Frazer
Tovia Zeter (left) and JDC rep on right on Ukrainian Romanian border getting ready to receive orphans from Ukraine
March 2, 2022, 4:31 pm
Philanthropist helping rescue 200 Jewish orphans from Ukraine
EXCLUSIVE: Moti Kahana, an Israeli-American rescue contractor famed for his work helping Syrians and Afghans, has teamed up with Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to evacuate children via Romania
By Jenni Frazer
People show their relief  at being free from Taliban control
December 9, 2021, 2:13 pm
Conversation between British-Jewish translator and leading vet helps rescue of 92 Afghans
Exclusive: Operation Magic Carpet rescue mission co-ordinated from London by animal welfare campaigner Dominic Dyer and an unnamed Jerusalem-based worker
By Jenni Frazer
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